noindex for second and following pages does noindex for first page, too

  • Resolved devcri

    (@devcri)


    4 years, 6 months ago

    Hi,
    I noticed that some of my taxonomy pages dropped heavily in positions in the Google Search Console. Investigating the source code on these pages I found that noindex was added by the plugin since one of the recent updates. I found out that this is configured as standard, when I activate to noindex the second and following pages for archive pages. As soon as I deactivate this feature the taxonomy page can be indexed again.
    Best regards

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  • Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hello!

    Thank you for the report. The option checks for get_query_var( 'paged' ), and I believe the faulty trigger is indicative of another issue. For instance, the theme or another plugin might populate the query variable erroneously.

    If you wish to test the query variable on the first page of the archive, then this snippet will quickly output it in a identifiable custom meta tag:

    add_action( 'wp_head', function() {
	printf( '<meta name="my-paged-test" content="%s" />', (int) get_query_var( 'paged', 1 ) );
}, 1 );

    If the variable is higher than 1, then the noindex option for pagination will engage.

    I’m afraid I can’t help you any further, though. Nevertheless, I hope this gets you started with debugging ?? Cheers!

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Sybre Waaijer. Reason: additional info
    Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hello!

    I think this issue was related to a bug brought in v4.1.0, which I’ve addressed in v4.1.1. I apologize for the inconvenience, and I hope your categories are up and ranking well again!

    If you still encounter this issue, feel free to reply (I’ll get a notification). Cheers!

    Thread Starter devcri

    (@devcri)

    Hi,

    just to let you know: I installed the update 4.1.1 today and reactivated the “noindex”-ing of the 2nd and following category-pages. I works now again. The first category page is indexable, while the following pages are marked with the “noindex”. And yes, my categories recovered. Thank you for the update!

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by devcri.
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